Singing to achieve a task
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand that singing can be used to help achieve a task.
Key learning points
- We warm up our body and mind before singing so that we are focused and ready.
- Sea shanties were sung by sailors all around the world to help them to achieve a task.
- Sea shanties often have a steady pulse that is sounded as a strong beat. This helps sailors work together in time.
- We can feel the pulse and hear the beat in sea shanties and can use this to help us move together.
Keywords
Warm up - a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing
Sea shanty - a traditional folk song sung by sailors to help them work together in time
Pulse - the regular, steady heartbeat of the music
Beat - the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
Call and response - a question and answer musical structure
Common misconception
Pulse and rhythm are the same thing.
Pulse is the regular, steady heartbeat of the music. Rhythm is the pattern of notes that we play and sing. It will follow the syllables of the words we sing. Pulse is the underlying feeling of uniformed beats.
Teacher tip
Choose your language carefully depending on the context, e.g. “Can you feel the pulse as we walk around the room?” “Let’s clap the beats in this song?"
Equipment
Drum (one) ball (one)
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